Based on the novel by Carlo Bonini and Giancarlo De Cataldo, this movie is about the connections between organized crime and politics in Rome. A real estate project is going to turn the neighborhood in Rome into Las Vegas, but it creates a web connecting politicians like Filippo Malgradi (Pierfrancesco Favino) and criminals like neo-fascist terrorist turned crime boss Samurai (Claudio Amendola).

It also doesn’t make things any less dirty when Filippo parties with two sex workers. The underaged one, Jelena, overdoses and the politician has to bring in Alberto “Spadino” Anacleti (Giacomo Ferrara) to dispose of the body. Sapdino begins to blackmail him before he’s murdered by another criminal, Aureliano (Alessandro Borghi), which starts a war between him and Manfredi Anacleti (Adamo Dionisi).

Directed by Stefano Sollima, this has so many characters and so much happens in a little over two hours. It was expanded as two miniseries on Netflix, Suburra: Blood on Rome and Suburræterna, which start on Netflix on November 14, 2023.

It’s also pretty astounding how much of this was based on real life.

The Unearthed Films blu ray of this movie comes with a 2-hour making of feature and a trailer. You can get it from MVD.